Legnago


Legnago is a town and comune in the Province of Verona, Veneto, northern Italy, with population of 25,439. It is located on the Adige river, about from Verona. Its fertile land produces crops of rice, other cereals, sugar, and tobacco.

History

Traces of human presence in the area date back to the Bronze Age.
Legnago had an important military role since the early Middle Ages. In the 19th century it was one of the Quadrilatero fortresses, the main strongpoint of the Austrian Lombardy-Venetia puppet state during the Italian Wars of Independence. The present fortifications were planned and made in 1815, the older defences having been destroyed by Napoleon I in 1801.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of its province, near the borders with the ones of Rovigo, Padua and Vicenza, Legnago borders with the municipalities of Angiari, Bergantino, Bonavigo, Boschi Sant'Anna, Castelnovo Bariano, Cerea, Minerbe, Terrazzo and Villa Bartolomea. It counts the hamlets of Canove, Casette, Porto, San Pietro, San Vito, Terranegra, Torretta, Vangadizza and Vigo.

Main sights

The local football club is the F.C. Legnago Salus S.S.D..